A Chinese village recently came to fame when it emerged that everyone who lives there is a martial arts expert.The self-sustaining village, deep in the mountains of Tianzhu, central China, seems to have shunned the outside world.Ganxi Dong village is home to the Dong people, one of the 56 recognised ethnic minorities in China.Incredibly, everyone in the secluded village knows a different style of kung fu, reported People's Daily Online.

According to reports, a few different types of kung fu are practised in the village.Everyone is well-practised in the art, which seems to be their only hobby aside from farming. Their weapons range from just fists to sticks and pitchforks. Incredible images of the village has recently emerged, which has been widely shared on Chinese media. They show a few traditional-style buildings in a rural setting.In the picturesque landscape, village folk of all ages brandish sticks and swords while mid-practise.They train by fighting each other as well as on their own and there are no exceptions. It's not clear why everyone practises martial arts or how long it's been the case.

Locals have two theories about their unusual situation. One claims that the area suffered regular heavy attacks from wild beasts that would kill their livestock and injure the villagers.To try and combat the problem, six families had to pick a strong youth to create, develop and learn martial arts.They modeled their actions on the moves of dragons, snakes, tigers and leopards.As each family trained in a different type of movement, different strains of kung fu were invented.To continue the tradition, each family had to continue training under their strain of martial arts.Another saying goes that when the families first moved to the area to set up a village, they were frequently pillaged by their neighbours.In order to protect themselves, the villagers invited a two martial arts experts to teach them the art of combat.The skills they learnt was then passed on to the rest of the villagers. However, since it has been a tradition for a long time, no one can be certain of the real reason.

In 2009, Si Fu along with the Great Clan Moy Yat, visited the village Gu Lo, birthplace of the ancestor of our lineage Mr Leung Jaan (贊 先生). Place this he would have returned after his retirement leaving his pharmacy under the care of his student Chan Wah Sun (Jaau Chin Wah)

In this village in particular, Si Fu said in his visits to this place in 2009 and 2012 on the Kung Fu be the flagship of the activities of the sites. Si Fu talked about the fact that for them sounded very amazing to see foreigners with skin, hair and overall appearance. Very different from theirs, even practicing Kung Fu like them.Si Fu also talked about a feeling of being in a place that stopped in time and the value they give to Kung Fu. So often during the practice was much courtesy among those making Chi Sau.

(Lecture with some of the Masters of the Masters Council of Moy Yat Ving Tsun Martial Intelligence at Master Domenico (11G VT), Q.M.)

Nós não vivemos em vilas , estamos numa cidade grande conhecida no mundo todo. Assim como muitos praticantes ao redor do mundo. Mas isso não quer dizer que por não usarmos roupas chinesas, nem estarmos no meio rural, como num filme setentista da Shaw Brothers, nós , dentro desse mundo de fundo , chamado de Imanente, existem Tigres abaixados e Dragões escondidos.We do not live in villages, we are in a big city known worldwide. Like many practitioners around the world. But that does not mean that even if we do not wear Chinese clothes, or live in the countryside, like a seventies movie from Shaw Brothers, that we within this world, called immanent, there are crouching Tigers and hidden dragons.